THROUGHOUT THE 9:00 HOUR AND ON OUR 10:00 NEWS ON KMBC. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1967, GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW TO A BRAND-NEW GYM. AFTER YEARS OF WEAR AND TEAR ADMINISTRATE WROORS SAY THE MAKEOVER WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE KIDS THIS SCHOOL YEAR. KISHA? WE ALL KNOW THAT BACK TO SCHOOL CAN BE A DRAG. BUT STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT, THEY WERE SO EXCITED. UNDERSTANDABLY SO BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THIS GYM FOR THE PAST 47 YEARS. A LOT HAS HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME. IT WAS TIME ON AN UPDATE. USUALLY WE COME IN HERE LIKE SO TIRED. NOT ANYMORE. BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE RUN UP AND DOWN THIS SCHOOL. CHEERLEADERS HAVE STOMPED THEIR FEET. THIS GYM HAS SEEN THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND NOW IT IS FINALLY SEEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN UPGRADES. WE HAVE BRAND-NEW PAINT, CEILINGS, LIGHTS. IT'S A WOOD FLOOR. IT'S BEEN A LYNN OLEYUM -- THE STUDENTS ARE EXCITED. THEY SAY THEY'RE NOW PROUD TO HAVE OTHER SCHOOLS VISIT FOR GAMES. THEY THINK THIS MAKEOVER WILL GIVE STUDENTS' ATTITUDE A MAKEOVER. I THINK PEOPLE WILL TREAT IT BETTER. THEY'LL KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE THE SCHOOL AND HOW MUCH WE RESPECT OUR MASCOT. IT'S A START TO PUMPING YOU UP. PEOPLE WERE PEEKING THROUGH CONINSTRUCTION. WHILE IT'S AN OLD GYM, IT'S TOTALLY REFURBISHED AND IT'S READY TO GO FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS. NOW GROWING UP IN THIS AREA, I ACTUALLY REMEMBER YEARS AGO BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYING AT THE VISITING TEAM ON THIS COURT. I REMEMBER THE BALL NEVER BOUNCED QUITE RIGHT. IT WAS ALWAYS PRETTY DARK IN THERE. I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THIS IS I COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION. REPORTING LIVE, KMBC 9 NEWS. THE GYM WAS PAID FOR THROUGH A COMMUNITY BOND ISSUED. THE TOTAL REPUBLICAN TATION COSTS OVER HALF A MILLION